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Over the course of his distinguished college basketball coaching career, Rick Pitino has won national championships with two different programs and led a third to a Final Four. He has written several books and been a fixture of the motivational speaking circuit. He has even played himself in movies like “He Got Game” and “Blue Chips.”
On Thursday night, though, he appeared on a different kind of stage.
Less than a week after his St. John’s team won its first outright Big East championship in 40 years, Pitino was a guest on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss his team’s season, share some interesting stories from his life and career, and sing a sea shanty (yes, you read that right).
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Appearing on the show the same night as actors Alan Cumming and Parker Posey, Pitino recounted how he accepted one of his first college coaching jobs, as an assistant coach under Jim Boeheim at Syracuse – on his wedding night. With no job at the time, Pitino told his wife he’d step away for an hour to interview for the position. Three hours later, he returned.
“I said ‘I’ve got great news — I got a job,’” Pitino said. “Now, I didn’t tell her I was interviewing for the Syracuse University job. I said ‘Two problems. One, it’s Syracuse, New York.’ She says ‘Upstate New York? Syracuse? With 120 inches of snow?’ I said ‘Yes, but it’s a great job and Jim Boeheim’s terrific.’”
The other piece of bad news? He was starting the job immediately and had to go on a recruiting trip the following day, meaning the newly wedded couple’s honeymoon to Hawaii was going to have to be postpooned.
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2025-03-07 15:57:00
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